Newborn epic breastfeed!

[CitygirlbytheC]

Anyone up? My 2 day old newborn has been breastfeeding normally about 30 mins at a time but tonight she's been feeding since 11pm and every time she stops and I put her in her basket she's crying and signalling that she wants more. Is this normal? She is doing her usual sleepy feeding of eyes closed and sucking sporadically.

Thank you, here's hoping!

Totally normal. Exhausting for you but normal. Get comfy with some water in easy reach ( I found the early days of breastfeeding thirsty work) and try to rest if you can.

And congratulations!

Thanks.
She's still going strong but I'm amused by her little eggy farts!

I remember DC3 doing this in hospital. She fed all night and I had about half an hours interrupted sleep.....exhausting but completely normal. Congratulations!

I'm in the same situation, my baby has been on the breast constantly since 12.30pm, and is still going now! He is 4 days old as of today, and has loads of feeds yesterday afternoon/evening too. I'm so tired!

Totally normal! Your milk will be in by morning I bet. They do a lot of cluster feeding at the beginning to get your supply going, google it so you know what to expect and if you have an OH get him to keep you topped up with snacks/drinks/tea.

Phew I'm so glad it wasn't just me this happened to! My little one is a week old today (Wednesday) on Monday night he went on the boob at about 9, stopped and had a bath at about 10 for half an hour or so, then he was back on until about 3.30am. 30 minutes either side non stop! I was nearly ringing hospital!

I was so desperate but he eventually went over. I went to a bf group the next morning and they confirmed it was normal and to just go with it, tonight has been much better, just having our 2nd feed now phew!

And huge congrats

Nobody warns you about this! Both if mine fed constantly for a night when they were 2 day old to get my milk in. Knackering but it does ease off.
These are the things that would be really helpful to know before you have the baby!

Yes totally normal like the others have said. Congrats on your new arrival :)

Normal. Do you know how to feed lying down? It makes those kinds of feeds much easier & you can sleep too.

Totally normal. Try to feed lying down, she might feel more inclined to sleep if she's next to you and at least if you are feeding lying down you might feel more rested.

Thanks all

She was still feeding at 6am but DH took her off me so I could sleep for an hour. He settled her in the pram (I don't think she likes her Moses basket) and she slept for 4 hours straight! Little madam!

Bit scared that if I fed her lying down I would smoosh her or she'd fall out of bed but this is all so new to me - I just need the confidence!

I learnt to feed lying down before I fed any other way (emcs) and found it easier than any other method. Maybe ask hv to show you how to do it safely on her next visit.

Well, another night of her grazing from 12am to 6am, falling asleep on the boob but not letting go and not liking being put in her Moses basket again. I presume still normal? I think my milk has come through now.

Midwife coming today to do a bf assessment.

Sounds pretty normal to me. Nobody told me about this and I ended up at a bf support group which was great. The midwives like to tell you that bf is great at your antenatal appointments but very little about the reality! It's still very early days for you so bf still getting established. Also, DS used to protest very loudly at his Moses basket - didn't last long before we put him in a cot - think he just liked the extra room!

Thanks for the reassurance. Everyone on here is so helpful which is making me more confident about it all!

One of the best tips I've had is when the wee one finishes feeding and has drifted off, allow them about 20 mins to go into a really deep sleep before trying to put them in the Moses basket. I was finding my ds would wake up and get grumpy as soon as I put him in but since letting him go into a deep sleep it's worked a treat.

My guy had another epic feed night last night as well 9pm-3am then up again at 6 for more. I think we just have to go with it and allow ourselves to have naps in the day. It's true that it's good to sleep when they sleep, but unfortunately it's not always possible if you have people calling over like midwives or hv.

Well here we are again except everything appears so much worse as the baby blues have kicked in. On the plus side I've learnt the rugby ball technique which is a little easier on my painful nipples. Cabbage leaves are helping too.

She still won't be transferred to her Moses basket at night - she screams and wants feeding again. She is sleeping loads during the day in her basket though - 3 or 4 hours at a time and that's when I panic and wake her in case she's starving.

I'm beginning to understand why people formula feed now, but I'm still persevering. Do you think a dummy at night might help her settle in her own basket?

Any advice is much appreciated. :(

This will all pass but it's awful going through it. Firstly you sound like you're doing a great job and battling on through the exhaustion.

Are you sleeping on the day? I always find this hard to do as there is so much else I feel like I should be doing, especially at this time of year, but needs must so do try and get some sleep in the day.

Why would bottle feeding change what's happening? You'd still be up all night ant your baby would probably still be difficult to settle.

Try a dummy if you think it would help. My first 2DC had them 3yr old still does to sleep tho father Christmas is supposed to be taking it as Easter bunny didn't get round to it and my 3rd DC is a thumb sucker.

Try and do something nice for you and your sanity today that is none baby related

I guess I'm such a control freak in my normal life that I'm struggling with the complete randomness of having a baby! I thought at least with formula feeds be and DH could share the night feeds. And also no painful nipples with formula either.

Ok so no dummies yet, I don't want to compromise the breastfeeding. Will try the t-shirt over the mattress and continue to try and have naps in the day when I can.

Repeat to self - 'this too shall pass'. She's so worth it though :)